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Dishonesty of any kind will create a blemish.

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Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

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There is dissatisfaction among a great many Christian people. They are not happy with what they have and, therefore, respond readily to the message of the restored gospel.

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The smallest gesture can mean to much to those who may need a little lift in their lives.

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The Savior of all mankind left the ninety and nine to find the one lost. That one who was lost need not have become lost.

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Children can be disciplined with love.

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You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.

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People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world.

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The problem is, I think, that so many of us pray as if we are ordering groceries. We pick up the telephone and say, 'Is this the right place to place my order?' and we proceed right to dictating our order. When we have then ended that list, we hang up.

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Let the Latter-day Saints be in their homes, teaching their families, reading the scriptures, doing things that are wholesome and beautiful and communing with the Lord on the Sabbath day.

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I do not concern myself much with reading long commentary volumes designed to enlarge at length upon that which is found in the scriptures. Rather, I prefer to dwell with the source, tasting of the unadulterated waters of the fountain of truth - the word of God as he gave it and as it has been recorded in the books we accept as scripture.

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There is a tendency in all of us to ask for better statistical performance. There is a tendency to impose quotas behind which usually lies imposition of pressure to achieve improved statistics.

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God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.

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My heart goes out to a missionary who does not receive regular mail from home. Generally, a letter once a week is a good rule. But on the other hand, too much mail can be damaging to a missionary's morale.

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The world is starved for spiritual food.

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I've never been a believer in the physical punishment of children. I don't think it is necessary.

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The Almighty, if necessary, may have to shake the nations to humble them and cause them to listen to the servants of the living God. Whatever is needed will come to pass.

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I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.

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There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.

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We have come to Earth in this great season in the long history of mankind. It is a marvelous age - the best of all.

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Teach your daughters to walk in virtue.

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When the 'Book of Mormon' was first published, some of those who believed in it taught it to others and testified of it.

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Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children.

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Brigham Young had a prophetic vision.

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My children are now all grown. Some are in their 60s. But when they call and I answer the phone, they say, 'How are you?' And before I can answer, they ask, 'Is Mother there?'

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Unfortunately, some women want to remake their husbands after their own design.

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I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge a taste for an elaborate home, fancy cars, and other luxuries.

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Today is a part of eternity.

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Eligibility for a temple recommend is not based on financial worth. That has nothing whatever to do with it. It is based on consistent personal behavior, on the goodness of one's life. It is not concerned with money matters, but rather with things of eternity.

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Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will have no greater satisfaction as the years pass than to see those children grow in integrity and honesty and make something of their lives.

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